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Cuba's arrest of a U.S. government contractor employed to help Cuban dissidents may rattle U.S. President Barack Obama's initiative to improve ties with Havana but should not derail it, analysts said.
Managers Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Joe Torre and Mike Scioscia were selected Tuesday for the “special committee for on-field matters.”
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday it will move its war court from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, but officials couldn't say how soon or at what cost, and acknowledged they'll need support from Congress to fully implement the transition.
Aroldis Chapman, the 21-year-old free-agent lefthander who talent is as coveted as it is unknown, tried to dispel some of the mystery surrounding him earlier today at Houston's Baseball USA complex where he threw roughly 45 pitches for a collection of major league baseball executives.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to acquire a little used state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(AP) — BOSTON - Even before he has a contract to play in the major leagues, Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman is in the middle of a lawsuit. Chapman's original representative sued his current agent Tuesday in Massachusetts state court.
Tuesday's MLB news briefs: An ownership dispute between Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his estranged wife will linger through at least a third of the 2010 season after a judge set a hearing for late May.
Some terrorism suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be moved to an Illinois prison that the federal government will buy to hold them, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.
Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman unleashed some heat during a workout that will land him a lucrative contract.
The longtime baseball coach at the University of St. Thomas is retiring after 15 years and two national championships.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Seventy years after the SS St. Louis was turned away from the United States, the surviving passengers of the ill-fated voyage may be reuniting for the last time near where their chance at freedom was denied.
President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to acquire an underused state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects now held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Chapman holds impressive workout
Honduras has been hit harder by extreme weather events than almost any other country over the last 18 years, says a study released at the Copenhagen climate summit.
(RTTNews) - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Tuesday that a prison in Thomson, Illinois, would be converted to a new super maximum security federal prison, part of which will be used to hold detainees now at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced Tuesday afternoon that the federal government is acquiring the state prison in Thomson, and will house detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During
